Runway incursion by a B727 cargo flight in a night operation at ewr, nj.

Attributes
ACN	541088
Time
Date	200203
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr.airport
State Reference	NJ
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 5400 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	541088
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued advisory controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Chart Or Publication Flight Crew Human Performance Airport
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

We almost taxied onto an active runway. We were heading (taxiing) perpendicular to the runway and should have turned left onto a taxiway which was somewhat of a challenge for the captain to discern exactly where it was at night. Due in part to the commercial chart diagram not accurately portraying median between parallel txwys. I was doing cockpit checks but looked up and saw our nose approaching the runway hold short line. I told the captain to stop and he did with our aircraft coming to rest with the hold short line right around our nose gear. As we came to a stop, ground called and said we were about to enter the runway. He then cleared us onto it, holding takeoff traffic in position, and cleared us to back taxi to the next taxiway off it, and we continued our flight thereafter without event.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RWY INCURSION BY A B727 CARGO FLT IN A NIGHT OP AT EWR, NJ.

Narrative: WE ALMOST TAXIED ONTO AN ACTIVE RWY. WE WERE HEADING (TAXIING) PERPENDICULAR TO THE RWY AND SHOULD HAVE TURNED L ONTO A TXWY WHICH WAS SOMEWHAT OF A CHALLENGE FOR THE CAPT TO DISCERN EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS AT NIGHT. DUE IN PART TO THE COMMERCIAL CHART DIAGRAM NOT ACCURATELY PORTRAYING MEDIAN BTWN PARALLEL TXWYS. I WAS DOING COCKPIT CHKS BUT LOOKED UP AND SAW OUR NOSE APCHING THE RWY HOLD SHORT LINE. I TOLD THE CAPT TO STOP AND HE DID WITH OUR ACFT COMING TO REST WITH THE HOLD SHORT LINE RIGHT AROUND OUR NOSE GEAR. AS WE CAME TO A STOP, GND CALLED AND SAID WE WERE ABOUT TO ENTER THE RWY. HE THEN CLRED US ONTO IT, HOLDING TKOF TFC IN POS, AND CLRED US TO BACK TAXI TO THE NEXT TXWY OFF IT, AND WE CONTINUED OUR FLT THEREAFTER WITHOUT EVENT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.